Gaybutton Posted July 10, 2009 Posted July 10, 2009 We have now merged (details below), but it should be more interesting with the power of the combined staffs and input into the magazine, than just what we alone could do. I would like more content on the local venues and news and photos on the community happenings to include in the revised SPICE! and soon on the new improved SPICE! online website. If you have some news about what is happening there in your community, send me your comments by Wednesday the 15th and I will try and get it into the next August issue. Any comments or questions, please contact me. SPICE!.. Thailand's #1 magazine for gay men for the last 9 years, has hit the Big Time! Effective immediately SPICE! has merged and will be published by PAPPA Co., Ltd., which also publishes the best-selling book in Thailand about Thailand: The Official Thailand Survival Guide. But the news does not stop there.... PAPPA Co., Ltd. is the exclusive sales and marketing agent for the Pattaya Times Media Corp., Thailand's ONLY foreign-owned and managed media group headed by American businessman Drew Noyes. · What does this mean to our readers and our advertisers? Better content, better graphics, better distribution and an association with a main stream powerhouse dedicated to keeping SPICE! the Essential Guide for Gay Men. I am now Vice President of Sales & Marketing of the combined company and will continue to contribute to the further growth of SPICE! as an contributing editor. We now have 4 graphic designers, 7 administrative personnel, 3 editors, a photo editor, 5 reporters, 2 cameramen and 12 contributors. This makes us by far the best-staffed gay magazine in the industry. · What difference will you see in the next issue? There will be plenty of news for singles, but an added focus on community news including activities for gay couples. We know people not only come for the “Bar Scene” and entertainment venues, but also to enjoy the many attractions each city has to offer, from fine dining and shopping to outdoor activities and sightseeing in this beautiful country we are in. We plan to offer many added articles and features not currently in SPICE! to benefit everyone, tourists, ex-pats and frequent visitors. Two editors are gay Thais who are Western educated and one is in a long-term relationship with a Brit and the other a bit of a playboy looking for fun foreigners. Also, another editor is a gay American who has been on the gay scene in Thailand for nine years -me! We plan to put more community news back into SPICE! to help promote our advertisers, our community and to the benefit our readers. There are really many markets to target with SPICE!. Many think of two, tourists and ex-pats, but there are long stay and frequent visitors with more disposable income. Also friends who visit their friends who live here are influenced by their recommendations. If the locals don’t get out much or are traveling to another city with their friends, they look to SPICE! to see where we recommend and to our advertisers listings to see where to Stay, Go, Eat & Play when they visit another area as they know we keep up-to-date in each venue with our local contributors and regular visits. · How will this merger make SPICE! the #1 choice magazine to read for all gay men visiting and living in Thailand? Improved exposure! 1) SPICE! will be cross promoted on This Is Thailand Radio FM103 now broadcasting live in Pattaya and soon going worldwide with streaming audio via the internet. SPICE! will link on its websites and we will offer Gay themed special music and up-coming social events. Also we plan fun activities gay men would like to attend. There will be Talk Radio segments with advice for gay men in Thailand, too. 2) In the next release of The Official Thailand Survival Guide 2010 there will be a section dedicated solely to the Thailand gay scene with great info and lots of maps provided by the SPICE! staff. 3) The Pattaya Times is the largest newspaper outside of Bangkok and is the only leading newspaper which has a "Gay Times" section (now re-named SPICE! Happenings) to which SPICE! contributes. The Pattaya Times is already distributed in Chiang Mai, Bangkok, Hua Hin and all over the 11 provinces in the Eastern Seaboard including Pattaya. There are plans for region editions of the Hua Hin Times, the Chiang Mai Times and the Southern Times serving Krabi, Phuket and Koh Samui. Next month watch for the release of our new more powerful updated website to become the Gay Portal into Thailand and Asia that will include the new SPICE! forums and gay social networking at http://www.spicemag.net. If you would like a banner, link or special mention on our website, please let me know. Now is the best time to contact me for current special pricing for advertising in the newly revamped SPICE! Magazine. Ad space is limited by region so please indicate your interest soon by replying to this message. We are also offering special package prices to advertise on the SPICE! Happenings page in our “Sister Publication”.. The Pattaya Times. It has been great taking SPICE! through the metamorphosis from Thai Guys, then Sticky Rice to SPICE! Now we have the power and backing no other gay magazine will ever get in Thailand. Hands down we are and will continue to be the #1 publication serving the English-reading, Thailand gay market! If you are not advertising in SPICE! how will your potential customers find you when all else is gone? In this economy, the strong survive. Please join us. There is power and strength in consolidation. I look forward to talking with you real soon! Sincerely, Phil Graham Vice President Pattaya Times Media Corporation Co., Ltd. Mobile Phone: +66 (0)81-941-6769 Thai Siam Publishing Co.,Ltd. Publishers:SPICE! Magazine & Website 477/19-20 M.12 Thappraya Rd., Nongprue, Banglamung, Chonburi 20150 Tel: 038-075-537, 038-075-538 Fax: 038-075-539 Quote
Guest Posted July 13, 2009 Posted July 13, 2009 I wish Phil and company good luck. I hope he was able to make a pretty penny from this investment. Quote
